Hose-cart



(No Model.) I 'u I l J. BGILLESPIE.

HOSE CART.

No. 363,890. Patented May 31, 1887;

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Yricas-atar SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters APatent No. 33,890, dated May 31, 1887.

' y Application filed February 1S, i887. Serial Xo. 228,030. (iNo model.)l x

To all whom it may concern/f Be it known that I, J AMEs E. GILLnsPrnof Warwick, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hose-Carts, of which the following isa specification.

In order to render the apparatus or cart more compact, the wheel on which the hose is wound has sometimes been arranged so that its barrel surrounds and is concentric withl the axle, and in such carts as heretofore constructed the reel has been journaled directly upon the axle, and hence has not been supported by springs.

The object of my invention is to retain the desirable feature of the old hose-cart, which consists in having a reel the barrel of which surrounds the axle, and at the same time to support the reel and the frame by springs from the axle.

My invention therefore consists in the combination, with an axle and frame of a hosecart, of a reel having its barrel surrounding the axle, but independent thereof, and bearings secured to the frame and in which the reel is journaled. The frame will usually be supported by springs from the axle, and the` opening through the reel which receives the axle will be sufficiently large to permit the upward and downward movement of the reel relatively to the axle. The bearings which are included in theabove-recited combination may consist simply of U shaped or Cshaped hangers depending from the frame and provided withia series o f rollers which constitute roll-bearings for the journals of the reel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of a hosecart embodying my invention, the section being taken immediately inside one of the wheels; and Fig. 2 is a plan of the cart, a portion of the reel being in section to better illustrate myinvention.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both gures.

frame B is supported from the axle may be of any suitable character, ordinary semi-elliptiby making it of a channel iron or bar bent into the proper shape. 4 V

The barrel ofthe reel, as here represented, is composed of a barrel,D,and heads D,which may be of skeleton construction to render them light, and which may be formed with grooves d to receive the ends of thebarrei` D.

The barrel may then be made of wood, if desired. BeyondVthe heads D', I have represented circular hubs or projections D2, which may be secured, by screws d or otherwise, to the heads D. centric with the axle, or, in other words, it surrounds the axle, and the openings d2 in the heads andinterior of the body are of such size as to afford provision for the upward and downward movement ofthe reel relatively to the axle without any interference therefrom.

The bearings which support the reel D D areentirely independent of t-he axle and are secured to or suspended from the frame B.

In this example of my invention a hanger, E,

which is of Ushape or C-shape form,depends from the frame B at each side thereof, andis The reel is substantially con-` provided with antifriction rollers e, which i together form a roller-bearing for the end of the reel. I have here shown the hubs D2 as grooved circumferentially at d, in order to .form a proper seat forthe anti-friction rollers e, and the hangers E may be at their upper ends secured to the frame Bby clips e. Large bearings are thus provided for the reel, and.

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It is advantageous to have the reel arranged with its barrel surrounding the axle, because the weight is then brought low down in the cart. It will also be observed that in my invention the reel and the main frame B are both supported by springs.

I am aware of Patent N o. 153,849, granted to Joseph T. Ryan, August, 4, 1874, and do not' include the construction therein shown as of my invention. In the patented device theI barrel of the reel does not surround the axle,

nor is the main frame supported by springs.

2. The combination,wit.h the axle of abosecart and a spring-supported frame movable relatively to the axle, of a reel having its barrel surroundingfthe axle and having its opening receiving the axle suiciently large to permit upward and downward movement of the reel relatively to the axle, and bearings for the reel supported by said frame,substantially as herein described.

3. The combination,with the axle Aand the frame B and its supporting-springs C,of a. reel having its barrel surrounding the axle and the hangers E, depending from the frame and provided with rollers to form bearings for the reel, substantially as herein described.

JAMES lE. GILLESPIE.

Vitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, EMIL HERTER. 

